Slowing down to wake up
The core of my online poetry class, now 3,500+ students strong, is the concept of slowing down to wake up.
It has applications just about everywhere. Consider how it works when we approach that red light we always seem to get. When we slow down and come back to our breath, we can see there’s a far better use of our finite energy on this earth than burning it in the frustration we typically feel in this moment. That’s waking up.
The practice remains, I believe, an untapped resource for writers, which is why I built an entire class around it.
The most powerful entertainment and technology giants would prefer we keep going fast and remain asleep as we consume their content. The more going fast becomes a habit for us, the more profitable it is for them. As such, I see slowing down to wake up both as a radical act of defiance and as a radical act of self-compassion.
It has applications just about everywhere. Consider how it works when we approach that red light we always seem to get. When we slow down and come back to our breath, we can see there’s a far better use of our finite energy on this earth than burning it in the frustration we typically feel in this moment. That’s waking up.
The practice remains, I believe, an untapped resource for writers, which is why I built an entire class around it.
The most powerful entertainment and technology giants would prefer we keep going fast and remain asleep as we consume their content. The more going fast becomes a habit for us, the more profitable it is for them. As such, I see slowing down to wake up both as a radical act of defiance and as a radical act of self-compassion.
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